Comments on: Tim O’Reilly’s Code of Crap

By: Proud to be Anonymou

Proud to be Anonymou — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:19:53 +0000

“This is G o o g l e's cache of http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1.html as retrieved on 23 Apr 2007 13:11:52 GMT. G o o g l e's cache is the snapshot that we took of the page as we crawled the web. Google is neither affiliated with the authors of this page NOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT”. End Quote Google owns Blogger.com. Has Tim O’Reilly contacted Google with the section of his proposed code that must (by ipso facto) also apply to the platform as well as the blog administrator? In an interview with Wired on Friday (13th) to promote his latest web 2.0 conference, O'Reilly said: "I've come to think the call for a code of conduct was a bit misguided."The admission came two days after a post on his Radar blog entitled "Code of Conduct: Lessons Learned So Far". In it he wrote: "I was proposing a modular set of terms of service, so somebody could say, 'I don't want this kind of behaviour.' Now, a lot of people already do that, so it's really much ado about nothing." Despite coming to the above conclusion, The O’Reilly Saga continues in his comments section with fake commenters posting ridiculous off-topic subjects and silly Youtube links. O’Reilly says he knows the person who attacked Kathy Sierra. He gets the victim and the perpetrator together on CNN – then somebody pumps up the NY Times publicity machinery for both the victim and the perpetrator. It doesn’t take a genius to see who may be benefiting from this little fracas. Then O’Reilly starts blaming a random responder as being one of the attackers…and…when bloggers respond, most of the track backs lead to O’Reilly’s Radar Website – and (duh! – as an Internet expert!) he is unaware that there are persistent error messages generated in his responders’ posts, so that it becomes a hit and miss game whether the post actually gets published or not. Perhaps Tim’s involvement relates to this little gem. Sierra’s current gig, along with her partner Bert Bates, is developing and producing the bizarre new Head First series of books for O'Reilly. P T B Anonymous

By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:55:23 +0000

Its definitely the anonymous comments code that seems to get under everyones skin.

Bloggers who blog for non tech savvy people would have the most concerns with this one. People dont like leaving their name on the web and especially dont like posting their email address even if it says “Never Published” next to the field.

Regardless, it useless anyway as people could simply write a fake name and enter a non-existent email address.

By: Tim O’Reilly Responds Appropriately » Another Blogger

Tim O’Reilly Responds Appropriately » Another Blogger — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:17:43 +0000

[...] everyone on the internet condemned Tim O’Reilly for his proposed blogger code of conduct (see Tim O’Reilly’s Code of Crap), I see that he has offered a lengthy response to some of the criticisms where he further explains [...]

By: seanbonner

seanbonner — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:33:58 +0000

Blogger Code Of Conduct…

There’s a ton of talk around today about Tim O’Reilly’s Draft of a Blogger’s Code of Conduct including this……

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Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:35:54 +0000

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By: Banana Lee Fishbones

Banana Lee Fishbones — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:10:06 +0000

Arrington and Scoble raise some VERY good points.

It seems like this went around once before, and it didn’t really get anywhere. I stand by my original assessment: We don’t need no steenkeeng badges!